Tobacco-pipe and tube cleaner.



No. 826,717. PATENTED JULY 24, 1906.

s. P. FLYNN.

TOBAGGOPIPE AND TUBE CLEANER. APPLIOATION FILED JULYzo, 1905.

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STEPHEN P. FLYNN, OF .LOS-ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

`TOBACCO-PIPE AND TUBE CLEANER.

Specification of yLetters Patent. i

Patented Uuiyei, 1906.

Applicationiiled-July 20,1905. Serial'Noi 270.561.

To all wwm/ it muy concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN P. FLYNN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, `State of California, have invented and discovered a new and useful Improvement in Tobacco- Pipe. and Tube Cleaners and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in tobacco-pipe `and tube cleaners; and the objects of my improvement are, first, to provide cleaners for pipes, tubes,ilues, and the li-ke economically constructed, and, second, to

,place upon themarket cleaners that can'be conveniently applied for the removal. of noxious accumulationsfrom pipes, tubes, flues, and the like.

The invention consists, essentially, in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts, as will be hereinafter n fully described in the specification, lspecifically pointedout in the claims, and shown upon the drawings appended hereto.

I attain theseobjects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

which- Figure 1 is a view in elevation of my improved tobacco-pipe cleaner, showing the rod protruded from the free end of the casing, the wire made a part of the casing spirally wound upon the protruding end of the rod in the direction shown by the arrow. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of my improvement illustrated upon Fig. 1, the handle end of the rod extending from the handle end of the casing and the wire compressed between the freeend of the casing and the nut upon the free end of the rod, the wire wound upon the rod in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of my improvement shown upon Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the wire wound upon the rod in the direction shown by the arrow in the opposite direction upon Figs. 1 and 2, the handle end of the rod proiecting from the handle end of the tube and the wire compressed between the free end ofthe .casing and the nut upon the free end of the rod. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view, on a large scale, of a modified form of my improved cleaner, part thereof broken away, the wire spirally wound upon the rod protruding from the-end of the casing, the handle end ofthe rod screwed into the screw-threads from that shown upon the inner surface ofthe handle end of the casing. Fig. 5 is a plan view ofthe blank from which `the casing andthe cleaning-wire integral therewithi s manufactured, 'the'wire rolled in. the usual way. Fig. 'is a plan'view of the blank shown upon Fig. 5 ofthedrawings, illustrating the cleaning-wire rolled in wire form and the body portion of the casing readytobe formed-into aitubeyand Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of anoth ergmodi= fication of m improvement, part ithereof broken away, showing the screw-threads upon the rod of 4greater length `than the screwthreadsin the forms shown-in other-figures of the drawings.

Similar reference-numerals refer to glike parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

The reference-numerall denotes the casing illustrated upon Figsjl and 2 ofthe drawings. 2'refers to the rod. adapted to slide withinthe said casing. 3 indicates the`knob,pre`ferably interiorly screw-threaded and adaptedto engage the screw-threads 4 upon `the 'handle end 2 of the rod 2. The saidi knob may,fhowever, be fastened upon the rod 2 in any suitable manner.

The reference-numeral 6 refers to thepointed end of said rod, having screw-'threads 7 thereon near the end thereof, as'illustrated upon Figs. 4 and 7 of the drawings, and the numeral 8 denotes the screw-threaded nut secured near the end of the rod 2, ad'aptedto engage the screw-threads 7 upony the wire end of the rod 2, as shown upon Figs. l4 and7-of the drawings.

In the end of the wire rolled portion formed from the blank 1 (illustrated upon Fig. 6 of the drawings) the hole or perforation 10, as shown in the free end thereof, is adapted to be secured upon the pointed end 7 of the rod 2. After the perforated free end of the wire 11 has been seated upon the free end of the rod 2 the nut 8 is screwed down thereupon and clamps the wire 11 against the shoulder 12, formed upon the rod.

The opposite endof the wire 11 is preferably made a part of the casing 1. 1 The said wire may, however, be soldered to the casing 1 or secured thereto in any suitable manner. In place of the wire a iine cotton or silk thread may be used.

Upon Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings the wire 1 1 is shown wound upon the rod 2, as indicated by the arrows shown thereon, and upon Fig. 3 the wire 11 is shown wound upon IOO ling 1 the rod in the direction indicated by the arrow illustrated upon said figure.

In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings the wire 1 1 is shown wound in the opposite direction from that illustrated upon Fig. 3 of the drawings. The handle end 2 (in the lastmentioned figure the rod 2) is illustrated drawn farther through the casingl than in Fig. 2, and the loose wire 11 is clamped between the outer end of the casing 1 and the inner face of the nutv 8 there compressed in somewhat spherical form larger than .the end of the casand the nut 8, and in this position it is adapted vto cut and remove nicotin and other objectionable accumulations in -t obaccopipes or tubes and noxious accretions in fiues of various lforms by pulling the said spherical formI through pipes, tubes, and flues while in lthat shape.

The o eration of my invention will readily appear' om the foregoing description when taken in connection with the drawings appended hereto and made a part of the specilication and claims, and further description ofthe manner of operating my improvement is deemed unnecessary.

, It is obvious that many variations and changes in the detail of construction and arrangement of my 'invention would readily suggest themselves to persons skilled in the` art and still be within the spirit and scope of my improvement.

. Having described my invention, what l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. A tobacco-pipe, tube and flue cleaner, comprising a casing having a handle end por- 1 tion, the opposite end of the casing provlded with a wire having a perforation in the free end thereof, and a rod the end thereof adapted to be received within the said perforation and to be reciprocated within the casing.

2. A tobacco-pipe, tube and flue cleaner comprising a casing, having a wire secured thereto and provided with a perforation in the end thereof, the said casing having screwthreadsupon the inner surface of the handle end thereof and a rod pointed at one end and screw-threaded at the opposite end adapted to engage the screw-threads upon the handle end of the casing.

3. A cleaner comprising a casing having a wire made integral therewith the said wire provided with a perforation in the free end thereof, the said casing provided with screwthreads upon the handle end thereof, adapted to engage screw-threads upon a handle end of the rod, the said rod providedwith a shoulder near the pointed end to receive the perforation in the end yof the wire.

4. lA cleaner com rising a casing having a wire made integral tlierewith provided with a perforation in the free end thereof, a rod having a shoulder near the end thereof, said rod screw-threaded near the pointed end thereof, a screw-threaded nut adapted to clamp the perforated wire against the shoulder upon the rod.

5. cleaner provided with a casing having a wire perforated at one end, the opposite end of the casinginteriorly screw-threaded, a

Bln-testimony 'whereof l have signed my name lto this specification in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

STEPHEN P. FLYNN.

Witnesses;

W. J. BRYANT, J. GrAuss. 

